Photo: John Salter · CC BY-SA 2.030% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% of Irish towns
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 66% in Charleville and 78% across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 38.2, Charleville is older than 57% of Irish towns. This Co. Cork town had 3,970 residents in 1,560 households at the 2022 Census. Across Charleville, 21% of households have no car or van.
Charleville changed by +5% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 70% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
16% of Charleville is 65 or over, a higher share than 69% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Charleville. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The largest age band is 35–39: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Charleville, 38.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 84% of Irish towns: 8.6%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.8% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 73% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Here, just over two in five households are parents with children.
Holiday homes: 0.7%, a higher share than 76% of Irish towns
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
83% of households are on broadband; 15% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Lower than in 60% of Irish towns: 11% of households live in a flat or apartment. Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Median household income here: €42,840 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €42,840 a year before tax, the median household income is 29% under that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
More residents born abroad than 81% of Irish towns: 30% in Charleville
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (11%) or elsewhere in the EU (10%). Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Nearly a quarter of residents are citizens of another country, more than in 83% of Irish towns.
0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 90% of Irish towns
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Top of Co. Cork: Ballincollig, at 2.1%. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Charleville sits below 79% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (13%)
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 66% of Charleville · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (22%), Irish Traveller (3.6%) and Other, including mixed (3.4%). Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are common here: 74%, more than in two thirds of Irish towns. For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Charleville sits below 65% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (33%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 5%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
21% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 86% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Charleville, 14%, and 5.8% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
15th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,434 to 4,613
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Saggart (32), the youngest, and Montenotte (46.5), the oldest. Nearest to Charleville in age: Grange (38), Farranree (38.1), Macroom (38.4) and Kill (38.5).
Charleville is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleville | 3,970 | — | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 9.0 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 13.6 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Croom | 1,240 | 18.7 km | 39.8 | 18% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cork’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Charleville’s residents
What is the population of Charleville?
Charleville had 3,970 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Charleville?
The median age is 38.2, older than 57% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Charleville?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,091 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Charleville?
66% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 23% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Charleville?
74% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 13% another religion; 7.4% didn’t say.
Is Charleville good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Charleville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Charleville?
Median gross household income in Charleville was €42,840 in 2022, against €60,670 across Co. Cork and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).